No. The faction that opposed Gorbachev tried to halt and reverse his reforms, and the support of the coup was so extensive inside the party that the subsequent

No. The faction that opposed Gorbachev tried to halt and reverse his reforms, and the support of the coup was so extensive inside the party that the subsequent purge after the coup seriously weakened the party so that breakup was just a matter of time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat...